I would do this first to avoid any surprises with links, if there are
any:
find [dir] -type l | more
Then:
find [dir] -exec chown user:group {} \;[dir] being your top dir Regards, Kaia Taylor DevSA group -- tis-dco-devsa - jumpword devsa http://dco-sps.schwab.com/sites/devsa/welcome desk 602-977-5157 pager [email protected] or white pages All e-mail sent to or from this address will be received by the Charles Schwab corporate e-mail system and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the recipient. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 10:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: What syntax for global 'chown' fix? While the example commands below work to change permission for either a complete system or for a complete directory and all sub-directories, what would the syntax be for a similar command to 'chown' (change the owner) globally or for a designated directory and and the files and subdirectories below it? find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 644 find . -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 755 find dir -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 644 find dir -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 744 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
